A father and son were forced to bite a dog and stab it with garden shears when it attacked their pet during a walk in a suburban street.

Luke Shearer, 26, of Coventry, West Midlands, repeatedly stabbed an attacking Staffordshire bull terrier with the tool as he tried desperately to get it to release its grip on his pet husky Sky.

When the Staffie refused to let go even after it had been stabbed, Luke wrestled the dog away by biting the animal on the head.

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Luke Shearer was forced to stab and bite a Staffordshire bull terrier after it attacked his husky Sky while he and his father, Derek, were walking their dog in Coventry, West Midlands

The incident happened after the animal broke free while being walked by two children. Luke, who was walking Sky with his father, Derek, said people in the area stood and filmed on their phones rather than helping.

Luke, who suffers from post traumatic stress disorder, said: 'It happened so quick. We were walking to cut my grandma's hedge so we had the shears with us.

'The dog came and jumped at Sky's neck, and it was life or death for my dog, so I just reacted and hit it with what I had.

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'My dad was hitting it with his walking stick but that didn't work, so I stabbed it four or five times in the spinal column, but it kept coming. I jumped on it and started biting its face until it let go.

'The kids were terrified, it's not their fault, it's their parents. It's like sending them out with a loaded gun to play with.

'Now I'm worried about the dog, I'm worried it hasn't been taken to a vet to get treatment.'